Новости за 10.09.2021

California bars and restaurants got some good news on Thursday (Sept. 9) as the state legislature passed a bill that extends the cocktails to-go allowance until the end of 2026. Now, the bill is headed to the desk of Gov. Gavin Newsom for approval. The measure initially began as a way to allow bars and […]

Apple has asked the head of its smartwatch efforts to lead its fledgling self-driving car program. According to Bloomberg News, Kevin Lynch will take over the project following the departure of Doug Field, who left Apple for a position with Ford. Sources told Bloomberg that Lynch began working on the project earlier this year when […]

Austin, Texas-based RV rental company Outdoorsy could go public by the end of this year, people familiar with the situation told Bloomberg on Friday (Sept. 10), adding that the company is working with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. on a potential filing ahead of an IPO potentially worth $1 billion or more. Outdoorsy held “advanced merger […]

As consumers grow worried about rising costs, grocery giant Kroger is keeping them shopping with personalized offers through its ecommerce platforms. In its second quarter of 2021, the grocer’s digital sales fell 13% year over year by remained 114% above 2019, driven by data-informed digital messaging. Read more: Kroger Closes Q2 With Digital Partnerships, Higher […]

Today in B2B payments, Nuula snags $120 million in fundraising round and Banking-as-a-Service is now a $1 trillion industry. Plus, eBay and bidadoo partner on B2B eCommerce for trucks and equipment, “Time to yes” drops 90% with ScotPac and CFOs have important role in digital transformation.  Business Lender Uses Tech to Reduce ‘Time to Yes’ […]

In a statement released Thursday (Sept. 9), the U.K. government said it has launched new reforms to boost innovation, promote economic growth and strengthen public data protection. As part of the initiative, there will be a restructuring of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) with a new governance model that includes an independent board and chief […]

The Algorand Foundation, which leverages a stable, universal platform to further blockchain adoption, on Friday (Sept. 10) announced the creation of the Viridis DeFi Program, a 150 million Algo fund that will support DeFi innovation on its network. Altogether, the fund is worth approximately $300 million USD. Founded in 2017, Algorand was created by Silvio […]

TrueLayer, a European open banking platform, has announced a new partnership with Cazoo. The British online car retailer will benefit from TrueLayer streamlining its payment services, making it easier for customers to order and pay for products online. Most importantly, it will allow Cazoo to issue faster refunds. “With refunds there is a high level […]

Open banking-powered lender Koyo has raised $50m (£36.1m) in a Series A funding round to support its growth plans, Peer2Peer Finance News reported on Thursday (Sept. 9). The round was led by Force Over Mass with participation from existing investors Forward Partners, Frontline Ventures and Seedcamp. The company also secured debt funding from New York-based […]

Digital bank Monzo will soon enter the buy now, pay later (BNPL) market, according to a report from the Evening Standard Friday (Sept. 10) that quoted two industry sources, a move that would make it one of the first regulated banks with a BNPL offering. The announcement could come next week, according to the report, […]

Bitcoin went bonkers again this week with another spectacular dump coinciding with its adoption by El Salvador as an official currency. The crypto price action came hot on the heels of a report from PYMNTS that another method of payment, Apple Pay, is still struggling to gain much headway with iPhone users seven years after […]

U.K-based users of the Post Office’s EasyID identity-verification app will be able to buy cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin using a voucher system from Swarm Markets, a cryptocurrency exchange claiming to be the world’s first regulated decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol.   Starting next week, the vouchers purchased can be redeemed for bitcoin or ethereum on Swarm’s platform, […]

Apple can’t force developers to use its in-app purchasing, a federal judge ruled on Friday (Sept. 10) following the trial pitting the tech giant against Epic Games, maker of Fortnite. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ordered an injunction that says Apple can no longer bar developers from setting up links or otherwise communicating in ways that […]

PayPal is hiking merchant fees between businesses operating in the U.K. and those in the European Economic Area (EEA), the BBC and multiple news outlets reported. The new fees apply to all of the U.K., plus Guernsey, Jersey, Gibraltar and the Isle of Man. Starting in November, the merchant fee will be 1.29%, up from […]

Kroger closed its second quarter with new digital partnerships, rebranding with a unifying symbol and boosting its employees’ wages to $16 per hour, which will scale up to near $21 by the year's end. Kroger Chairman and CEO Rodney McMullen said in a press release that the company’s second-quarter strategy targeted fresh food and digital […]

VTB and the Moscow Metro are rolling out a new program that allows metro riders to pay their fares using biometric data at all stations in October using the Face Pay system, which allows customers to travel with facial recognition technology and high processing volumes. Customers submit their biometric data and link their bank cards, […]

The digital shift in U.S. consumers’ shopping habits has created new opportunities for Brazilian businesses. Companies attempting to expand overseas and reach new customers, however, must face numerous barriers to establishing and growing their commercial interests — especially when it comes to sending and receiving payments in the U.S.  The complexity of establishing banking services […]

You’re unfit. That’s right. We went there. But it’s for your own good. We mean physically unfit, of course — a charge we level equally against ourselves. Maybe you’re dropping the “COVID-19 pounds” and maybe not, but something’s going on. PYMNTS' latest Provider Ranking of Fitness Apps proves it. As long as we’ve been doing […]

Supporting a remote or hybrid workforce is creating new security headaches for businesses around the globe. In The Digital Identity Tracker, Gerard Keating, chief technology officer of remote employment platform Globalization Partners, says the one-two security punch of biometrics and limited privileges is the way to stay safe.

Apple turned down a request by Epic Games to reinstate Fortnite in the App Store ahead of South Korea’s landmark law granting app developers the right to offer their own payment methods, according to multiple media reports. South Korea is the first country to legislate how payments can be processed in the Apple App Store […]

When a local transport business recently applied for debtor finance funding through ScotPac, Australia and New Zealand’s largest non-bank lender to small and midsized businesses (SMBs), the typical time for approval could take up to several weeks.  But in this case, ScotPac said, it only took 30 minutes as it was able to sync all the application data and provide a same-day formal approval, with funds for […]

The risk of digital fraud is difficult to overstate for merchants of all sizes, especially as digital engagement continues to grow and open more doors to fraudulent activity. eCommerce fraud losses are expected to top $20 billion this year alone, up from $17.5 billion in 2020, and merchants are scrambling to confirm that their security […]

The acceleration of digitization in the enterprise has given chief financial officers (CFOs) a much bigger say in the direction that transformation takes, according to Airbase Chief Financial Officer Aneal Vallurupalli. Whereas CFOs have traditionally had more of an administrative role, these days they’re much more involved in the strategic decision-making at the companies they […]

The global market for Banking as a Service (BaaS) has quickly become a $1 trillion industry, but new projections suggest this uptrend will continue — and accelerate — over the coming decade with a near-quadrupling in demand that could boost uptake to $3.6 trillion by 2030.  Unsurprisingly, PYMNTS reports that more than 12,000 financial startups […]

Keeping enough of the right shade of lipstick in stock is nothing compared to supporting the customer payments preferences when shopping cross-border. In The Cross-Border Retail Payments Tracker, beauty eTailer Framar’s Vice President of Sales and Product Development Giovanni Gallo says that accepting digital wallets offers a localized payment experience that converts international shoppers.